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Takachiho in Sasebo, 14 February 1905
History
Japanese cruiser TakachihoEmpire of Japan
NameTakachiho
NamesakeTakachiho-gawara
Ordered22 March 1884
BuilderArmstrong Mitchell, South Tyneside
Laid down10 April 1884
Launched16 May 1885
Completed26 March 1886
ReclassifiedAs a minelayer, 1911
Stricken29 October 1914
FateSunk by torpedo, 17–18 October 1914
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeNaniwa-class protected cruiser
Displacement3,727 long tons (3,787 t)
Length320 ft (97.5 m) (o/a)
Beam46 ft (14 m)
Draft20 ft 3 in (6.2 m) (full load)
Installed power
  • 6 cylindrical boilers
  • 7,500 ihp (5,593 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 double-expansion steam engines
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement342
Armament
  • 2 × single 26 cm (10.2 in) guns
  • 6 × single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
  • 2 × single 3 pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns
  • 10 × quadruple 1 in (25 mm) guns
  • 4 × 10-barrel 11 mm (0.43 in) guns
  • 4 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour
  • Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
  • Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm)

Takachiho (高千穂) was the second and last Naniwa-class protected cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1880s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to construct such vessels, the ship was designed and built in the United Kingdom. She participated in the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895, playing a major role in the Battle of the Yalu River and lesser roles in the Battles of Port Arthur, Weihaiwei, the Pescadores Campaign and the invasion of Taiwan. Takachiho played a minor role in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 where she participated in the Battle of Chemulpo Bay, briefly helped to blockade Port Arthur at the beginning of the war, helped to sink a Russian armored cruiser during Battle off Ulsan and participated in the climatic defeat of the Imperial Russian Navy in the Battle of Tsushima.

The ship was relegated to auxiliary roles as a depot ship and a training ship after the war and was converted into a minelayer in 1911. Takachiho was torpedoed and sunk by a German torpedo boat in 1914 during the Siege of Tsingtao in World War I with the loss of most of her crew.

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